Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-09

of logs to saw. The other mills have closed
out mostly their entire stock.--Loren Gill
and fanny have gone for a two weeks trip
visiting friends in New Hampshire. IS.
Streeter and =. Guyette have rrived home
from Lawrence, Mass.
JERICHO CENTRE.
Mr.. Myron Skinner, wife and daughter
from the West have been visiting at NJ. H.
Chapman's. Mr.. Skinner was formerly a
resident of this county School began
in district No. ! on Monday morning, Miss
Hattie Hovcy teacher AIR. T.. f. Garvin
of Essen has given up his select school here,
to the regret of many Miss Minnie
Stockwell is very sick, and reported to be
past recovery. She was said to be just alive
Tuesday.
COLCHESTER
Willie, only son of Emerson Harris, died
Sunday morning, August 81 of consumption
Clarence Burnham,a former Colchester
boy, but lately of a Massachusetts,, is visit
ing his old-time friends for II few weeks.
-Thompson's Point is fairly alive with
campers and pleasure seekers. This seems
to be a favorite resort. j seph Bombard
started his cider mill Monday, with 300
bushels of apples. u Mrs. Fred Bates died
Friday night after "A long illness, and was
buried Monday at Essex Mr.. and Mrs.
H. ID. Burnha II of Gardner Mass, arrived
here Tuesday evening for Il short visit with
f. II. Cook and family.
Mr.. John Hne of Colchester died short
time ago having long been a great sufferer
from cancer, caused, it is thought, by the
excessive use of tobacco.--Mr Alonzc
| Irish and bis daughter, Mrs Brownell, arc
intending soon to make carriage triI
through Eastern Vermont and New Hamp
! shire. WIN Severance and his wife are
visiting friends in Canada where he is in
| tending to buy team, having sold his ole
one at high figure THE Congregations
society are trying to secure Rev. Mr. Hol
brook as their pastor. He has been preach
ing for them on trial for some time. Mr.
Henry Stanley has taken his family to st
Albans to live where he has been the mos
of the time this summer-The commission
ers on the s. Thompson estate met for tn,
last time about the 2nd of August: it j
thought that there will be but n small por
tion, if any of the property left for tin
widow The boys will take the most of it
The fair at Dunbar's proved success
The racing was fine. All hope it Will b.
repeated another fall
UND ERIIILL.
Services in Calvary EpiscopaD church
village IF Underhill, on Sunday next, Sep
tember /, 1887, at p m, Mr.. Alfred II
Wheeler of the Vermont Episcopal Institut
officiating.
wILLISTON.
Lemuel p. Ferris, formerly of Wiliston
| dled At LAWreucevllle. y. y, Septemhe
,, 1883, aGed 50 Years. a correspondent
write-: "Mr Ferris resi- led in Williston
from lSOT to 1910 He reached his luajorit!
III he summer of lS2S, '"d celebrated IN,
occasion by suhs2rihh FOR the weeEl,
FREE pHEsS wh ch su Scription has beer
renew ed annually by him since that dat
IA period Of 50 consecutive years"
MILTON.
The first meeting Cf the lecturer of tn
national grange in this State will he Il
Milton, afternoon and evening, Septem
her q. The meeting will be III charge 0
Deputy &. j. Bell. a meeting wilt b
held at lrasburg, September S.
EAST CHARLOTTE.
Mr.. \. Rand has moved back to ShelburI
village and Mrs owen has resumed posses
riOn of her premises made vacant by Mr.
/ Rand's removal. .--Mr. and Mrs. VI.
Cove and Miss Fannie Cove are attending
a family reuninn in Lincoln. Miss Jenni
Willoughby, Arthur l.. Emo and Charles
Mott from this section, with several othe
young people from the west part of tn
town. started for Vermont academy, Sax
tons River, last Monday. This institution
has, from its opening, 10 yeas ago alway
been very popular with Charlotte people
Miss N1rney, who graduated from Ran